Alain Jean-Marie

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Alain Jean-Marie in July 2005

Alain Jean-Marie (* 1945 in Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe) is a French jazz - pianist .

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Jean-Marie taught himself to play the piano from the age of eight self-taught at. He played in dance orchestras in Guadeloupe (especially that of Robert Mavounzy ), lived in Canada from 1967 to 1970 and then in the Antilles . He made his first recordings in 1969 (only released in 1997 as Piano Biguines ). At the same time he played regularly in a trio with Winston Berkley and Jean Claude Montredon. In 1973 he moved to Paris , where he quickly achieved his breakthrough a. a. as a companion to traveling jazz musicians such as Chet Baker , Sonny Stitt , Art Farmer , Johnny Griffin , Lee Konitz , Max Roach . In 1979 he released his debut album with his own trio ( Al Levitt on drums, Gus Nemeth bass). From 1986 he regularly accompanied Dee Dee Bridgewater (including in her homage to Billie Holiday , Lady Day ). In 1987 he recorded the album Latin Alley in a duo with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen . In 1990 he accompanied Abbey Lincoln on the album World Is Falling Down with ( Jackie McLean , Billy Higgins and Charlie Haden ). In 1991 he recorded The Scene Is Clean with Henri Texier (bass) and Aldo Romano (drums) . Since the 1980s he has also appeared regularly with Barney Wilen (documented on La Note Bleue 1986, Dreamtime 1992 as a duo). In 1992 his trio album “Biguine Reflections” was released, in which he returned to his Antilles roots, interpreted with bebop influences. He also played in a trio with Gilles Naturel and John Betsch ( Lazy Afternoon 2000) and recorded his first solo album in 1999 ( Afterblue , which received the Boris Vian Prix ). A second solo album Thats What followed in 2004 .

Jean-Marie also recorded a lot with musicians from Guadeloupe such as guitarist André Condouant ( Clean & Class 1997), a group of musicians from Guadeloupe under trumpeter Franck Nicolas ( Jazz Ka Philosophy ) and saxophonist Jocelyn Ménard ( Men Art Works ) and performed at festivals in the Antilles (e.g. in his hometown). He also worked with Jacques Vidal / Frédéric Sylvestre , with Michel Graillier ( Portrait in Black & White , 1995), Boulou and Elios Ferré ( Intersection , 2001, Live in Montpellier , 2006), with Xavier Richardeau , with Sara Lazarus and with Ted Curson ( In Paris: Live At The Sunside , 2006).

In 1979 he received the Prix ​​Django Reinhardt and in 2000 the Django d'Or .

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SURNAME Jean-Marie, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Pointe-à-Pitre